Ali Imran
Dr. Ali Imran is an assistant professor in telecommunications at University of Oklahoma Tulsa since Jan 2014. From Oct-2011 to Jan-2014, he worked as a research scientist at QMIC, Qatar (www.qmic.com). In that position, he conducted research on a wide range of innovative solutions by drawing mainly on disciplines of telecommunications, software development and sensor networks. Currently he is leading a multinational $1.045 million research project on Self Organizing Wireless Networks, QSON (www.qson.org). Before joining QMIC in Oct-2011, since Oct-2007, he was a research fellow (part time and then full time) in wireless systems at Centre for Research, (CCSR) University of Surrey, UK. In that position Dr. Imran has contributed to a number of pan-European and international research projects while working in collaboration with key industrial players such as NEC Europe Ltd. (UK), Telefónica (Spain), DOCOMO(Germany), Polska Telefonia Cyfrowa (Poland), Qualcomm (Germany), TTI (Spain), mimoOn (Germany), CTTC (Spain), CEA- LETI (France). There he also taught a number of courses and supervised graduate research students. From March 2002, till Oct-2007 he has worked as a communication lab instructor, BS deployment team leader and RF consultant to a leading telecom company in Pakistan. His research interest include, self-organizing networks, radio resource management and participatory sensing. He has authored or co-authored over 25 journal and conference papers, 2 book chapters and a patent. He has presented number of tutorials at international forums such as IEEE ICC and WCNC. He is an Associate Fellow of Higher Education Academy (AFHEA), UK. For further details about Dr. Imran’s research and collaboration opportunities please visit www.qson.org
Research Interests
- Self-organizing Cellular Networks
- 5G Cellular Networks
- Big Data Analytics
Office: Schusterman Center 4209
OU Phone: (405) 325-8131
Tulsa Phone: (918) 660-3253
Fax: (918) 660-3238
Email: Dr. Imran
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